Setback in Hindi Heartland, Coalition Conundrum and Resurgent Oppn: How BJP's Fortunes Changed Since 2014 news18.com

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India has announced the dates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. The elections will be held from April 11, 2019 in seven phases. While, the poll pundits are already out there with their bets, one overwhelming narrative is that the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) could be forming the government for the second consecutive term. However, it won’t be that easy. In 2014, the BJP emerged with a majority and formed the government. In the state elections thereafter the BJP spread far and wide, forming governments in state after state. At one point—in 2017—the BJP ruled 19 states. However, in the last two years the political graph of the country has changed. And at the receiving end of this has been the BJP.